This document lists the Ohio Department of Education's Adult Basic and Literacy Education revised indicators of program quality. A chart details the measures and performance standards for the following quality indicators: (1) students demonstrate progress toward attainment of literacy skills at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in the family of the individual, and in society; (2) students transfer learning from classroom to the rest of life, articulate what they know and are able to do in relationship to their goal, demonstrate increased proficiency in the use of multiple skills that allow them to be placed in post secondary education or training, gain unsubsidized employment or retain employment, or earn a secondary high school diploma or the Ohio High School Equivalence Diploma/GED; (3) student learning results in increased involvement of parents, custodials, and primary care givers in children's education and literacy-related activities; (4) program is housed in a safe, physical environment with adequate space and access to facilities and equipment that contribute to creating an adult-appropriate learning environment; (5) program planning and administration is a process that is based on a written plan, is implemented, and guided by evaluation; (6) program has written curriculum and provides instruction matching student needs and learning styles; (7) program has an ongoing professional development process; (8) program provides a system for support services that promotes student achievement of goals; and (9) program successfully recruits from the populations in the community identified in the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, Title II, as needing literacy services. (MO)

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